This past weekend I traveled with some friends to photograph a large grove of ginkgo trees at the Blandy Experimental Farm of the State Arboretum of Virginia in Boyce, VA. It was a beautiful day, with bright blue skies, and I took some shots that I will probably include in a more extended post, but I wanted to give you a sneak preview of the really-cooling looking leaves of the ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba) tree, a tree that dates back at least 270 million years, judging from ginkgo leaf fossils that have been uncovered.
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Gorgeous shot, Michael—the light is luminous and the composition is perfect!
Odd-shaped leaf, isn’t it, so unlike more recently evolved deciduous trees. I agree with Cindy — the light is what makes the photo here.
Aren’t ginkgo leaves wonderful? They fascinated me the first time I saw them, and that fascination has persisted. Eager for more!
The light is beautiful, I agree. We don’t see too many Ginkos here, but there are a few scattered about.
What was amazing about these ginkgo trees was that there were several hundred that were planted by a scientist as part of an experiment. The colors were not really at their peak, but they were beautiful nonetheless.